Scientists recognize over 20 types of ice, formed under different pressures and in different temperatures.
The ice we know, which forms naturally, is called ice 1.
Researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered a new form, calling it Ice 0. It plays a unique role in ice formation by seeding the crystallization process in supercooled water.
Ice is often formed where cooled water meets a solid surface.
With Ice 0, it can happen in a different way.
Ice nucleation can occur just below the water surface, where it meets the air, around small precursors with a structure similar to ice-0, contrary to the idea that droplets freeze from their core.
Ice 0 precursors are formed because effects from water's surface tension.
The research was published in the journal Nature Communications.
Sources: noticiasvillaguay.com.ar, earth.com, knowridge.com, sci.news, meteogiornale.it, ana.ir
This article was written in collaboration with Generative AI news company Alchemiq.
